Bill Dedman Quotes

Federal regulations forbid delaying inspections for fracture-critical bridges like the fallen Minneapolis bridge - the kind with a lack of redundancy in design, so that a single failure in a load-bearing part can cause the entire bridge to collapse.

Bill Dedman

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When I got engaged to be married, it was assumed that I would quit science and be a housewife. It was considered shameful if a married woman had to work - it implied that her husband couldn't earn enough to keep her.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

WorkScienceWomanHusbandEnough

At Pixar, 'Wall-E' was our ninth film, and they've all been successes - more than that, they've all really touched people. Everybody wonders, 'How do you do it?' Well, how do you not do it? You just work hard.

John Lasseter

WorkPeopleWork HardYouMoreHard

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

John Henry Newman

DoubtDifficultiesMakeTenThousand

I learnt a lot about myself, I learnt a lot about other people and the problems they have. If I was lucky enough to live to a hundred, how I will feel about two per cent of my life being that way, I don't know.

Jeffrey Archer

LifeLiveMyselfPeopleProblems

When you write a song, a song has longevity.

Smokey Robinson

SongYouLongevityWrite

I was an A student and I liked creative writing.

Trisha Yearwood

CreativeWritingStudentLiked

An M.P. once suggested I be put in the Tower of London for saying derogatory things about the royals. There's no First Amendment in my country.

Tracey Ullman

SayingCountryFirst AmendmentLondon

I can't on my own change the regime in South Africa or teach the Palestinians to learn to live with the Israelies, but I can start with me.

River Phoenix

ChangeLiveMeStartLearnI Can

I'm a workhorse. I'll take anything and everything I can get, and I'll do it with a smile on my face.

Roman Reigns

SmileFaceI CanEverythingAnything

Rock n' roll means so much more to people; it enriches the culture. Also, it inspires people; there's no half-feeling. When I first got into it, I was inspired by people who had come before me, and I found myself in the position of handing that on.

Mick Jones

MyselfCulturePeopleMeRockFirst

I would say country is the one type of music I've spent the least amount of time with in my life. I grew up in Virginia, where there was a lot of it, but I was more interested in rock and roll. Southern rock.

Connie Britton

LifeMusicTimeRock And RollRock

Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.

Arthur Helps

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